The Wombles

Another book we’ve just finished and the girls loved it! As did I – I loved the Wombles when I was little, particularly because I was born very near Wimbledon Common so I thought that practi cally made me a Womble!   I remember as a child that the Wombles inspired me, my sisters and … Continue reading →

Sophie’s Adventures

Another post in the occasional series Books We Are Reading.  Or in this case, Books We Have Read as we finished it a few weeks ago but I got side-tracked by the cowboy trip to Fort Worth. Sophie’s Adventures (Dick King-Smith) is a lovely tale about a little girl, Sophie, who is a very determined … Continue reading →

Swimming superstars

We’ve joined the posh golf club across the road from where we live (but still inside the park/compound – I’m not sure what to call it!) It’s lovely and more on that in another post. There are 3 pools and the Big One had to do a swim test before she was allowed to swim … Continue reading →

Pest problems

We’ve had a week dominated by pests.  It started with me getting bitten nearly every day for a week by mosquitoes.  We search the bedrooms for them before bed and kill any that are hanging around in the house but still they get me.  We have all the doors shut unless we’re going in or … Continue reading →

Lizards

We have lots of lizards in our garden. Actually, mainly they are climbing the trees, fences and hanging out in the outside kitchen, or peeking in at the kitchen window as if we’re some kind of zoo exhibit. (Maybe we are placed on the earth purely for their entertainment…) They are very cheeky and very … Continue reading →

Bedtime stories

Bedtime stories are one of my favourite parts of our day.  It doesn’t take much encouragement from the girls to get me reading for half an hour or more. This evening, after reading a whole Rainbow Fairies book to them (Chloe the Topaz fairy, if you’re interested) the girls were claiming not to be tired … Continue reading →

Fort Worth part 2 and Southfork

On Friday evening we headed to the Cowtown Colliseum for the Stockyards Championship Rodeo.  It happens every Friday and Saturday night and features some fantastic sights.  That night’s performance had bull riding, calf roping, mutton busting (children run around the arena after a sheep trying to get a ribbon that has been attached to it … Continue reading →

Fort Worth: Cowtown part 1

We’ve just got back from a short trip to Fort Worth, known as Cowtown.  It’s the only place in the world with a twice daily cattle drive through the centre of the National Stockyards Historic District, the place where the cows were driven to auction.  If you ignore the cars and modern things in the … Continue reading →

Baby elephants and dinosaurs

We had another visit to Houston Zoo on Tuesday as the weather was a bit changeable and we’ve got my mother-in-law and brother-in-law staying with us for 10 days.  The zoo has a special display of life-like dinosaurs which move and raaaaah (see the childrens books Harry and the Dinosaurs).  They claim to be life-like … Continue reading →

Beep…Beep…Beep…Beep…Beep…Beep…

It’s 3.30am here and I’ve been awake for an hour. I was awoken by the absence of my lovely husband and as I realised he wasn’t there I heard a beeping that sounded like the house alarm just before it goes off at full tilt.  Knowing that sometimes he goes out of the door forgetting … Continue reading →